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romney. people haven't seen new ideas, smart energy. can they lock the campaign to it and can they now take advantage to really capitalize on the second look he's going to get. >> rose: was the romney you saw tonight the romney you knew, mike. >> yes. a little secret of the romney, i ran his campaign for governor back in 2002, and he won that state by performing really well in the debates. the go you saw tonight, smart, policy-focused, crisp. you look at him and think boy a guy who knows how to run something well. so i think the country in many ways got the first real look at that and then filtered away and now if the romney guys can keep that going for the month they're really back in the race. the next thing the media narrative will need a couple better polls for romney and my guess is they'll get them. they have a real opportunity to move forward. >> rose: john dickerson. >> on the poll of undecided voters right after the debate who watched, romney not only won two to one but on the questi
romney. people haven't seen new ideas, smart energy. can they lock the campaign to it and can they now take advantage to really capitalize on the second look he's going to get. >> rose: was the romney you saw tonight the romney you knew, mike. >> yes. a little secret of the romney, i ran his campaign for governor back in 2002, and he won that state by performing really well in the debates. the go you saw tonight, smart, policy-focused, crisp. you look at him and think boy a guy who...
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, a romney administration use force? we really don't have the answer to that question. we still don't have the answer to that question. what is -- i thought it was for the first time, we did here because i asked romney this question about mubarek and by the way the number rec decision is one of the most quons consequential decisions this president made and it is going to be historically a consequential decision, especially if the united states president is ever faced with this in a saudi arabia, for instance, and for the first time when romney hugged him on that, i went, wow, because romney has come this close to saying i wouldn't have done that. he threw our allies under the bus, that has been a talking point of romney and, boy not only did he backtrack from that, he said you know what? i would have done the same thing as the president and that one floored me. >> that was -- >> rose: john dickerson. >> charlie, one thing about the horses and bayonets line, i think al is exactly right there was substance to the barb, but
, a romney administration use force? we really don't have the answer to that question. we still don't have the answer to that question. what is -- i thought it was for the first time, we did here because i asked romney this question about mubarek and by the way the number rec decision is one of the most quons consequential decisions this president made and it is going to be historically a consequential decision, especially if the united states president is ever faced with this in a saudi...
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i don't think mitt romney is a poet. i thought it was a competent oration and the message was there and i think mitt romney helped himself. if we're going to have a pure oratory contest, that's what president obama is a genius is at. i think the country had that experience last time and as mitt's speech indicated it's time to size up the results and that's where the mitt romney will have the edge. i thought it was a very competent job by somebody who is not a natural speech giver. but i think it was definitely enough to get the strategy of the campaign across. >> rose: were there omissions from this speech that you wish he had made. >> look, i'm an armchair quarterback sitting up here in new hampshire. i've got a lot of opinions about it but their strategy was to break the character attacks down by the obama guys by showing the old mitt romney who is an old school quiet guy about breaking that through. there were moments in the speech i thought that were quite moving by mitt, about being a young father and watching his k
i don't think mitt romney is a poet. i thought it was a competent oration and the message was there and i think mitt romney helped himself. if we're going to have a pure oratory contest, that's what president obama is a genius is at. i think the country had that experience last time and as mitt's speech indicated it's time to size up the results and that's where the mitt romney will have the edge. i thought it was a very competent job by somebody who is not a natural speech giver. but i think...
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that's been the dynamic the mitt romney versus not the mitt romney. mitt romney is the pivot point in this race. those who think we've got to nominate and a whole bunch of voters who don't want to nominate him. >> he does pretty well but with other guys on the ballot becomes essentially a two-way race. almost anybody in this case santorum who has the extra benefit of that social conservative authenticity big faction in the party does well. romney has -- >> charlie one of the things that does nottity fine thi doese is economic plan. every day these guys are talking about is mitt romney authentic or social issues or whatever is the day obama wins. this was supposed to be a primary that was going to be defined by the republican alternative to obama on how they're going to repair the economy. now, romney to his credit is among those who has tried to rea main really displupped an discio talk about jobs and the economy out there on the trail. but this primary has been defined by anything but that. and that isn't a good thing for the republican party or the
that's been the dynamic the mitt romney versus not the mitt romney. mitt romney is the pivot point in this race. those who think we've got to nominate and a whole bunch of voters who don't want to nominate him. >> he does pretty well but with other guys on the ballot becomes essentially a two-way race. almost anybody in this case santorum who has the extra benefit of that social conservative authenticity big faction in the party does well. romney has -- >> charlie one of the things...
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that romney was not predictable. he came in so strong and so in charge that he basically took over the room and i felt he was sufficient in that stage, meaning the president didn't need to be there for romney to put on that show and jim lehrer didn't need to be there, it was a romney control of that space and that physical control of that space which was so dominant. i don't think we have seen anything like it before. and in probably a presidential debate. >> rose: we continue request mark halperin of time magazine and benjamin brafman, a leading trial attorney. the mitt romney was on display last night is the one that his friends and family and a few journalists who have had access to him over the years have seen before. that guy can win this race. the question is, can jesus stain it beyond one night. >> in any number of areas what governor romney has done as he said laid, said last night he laid out the broad principles but now you have gotten specific about the good parts, the carrot if you will and very vague abo
that romney was not predictable. he came in so strong and so in charge that he basically took over the room and i felt he was sufficient in that stage, meaning the president didn't need to be there for romney to put on that show and jim lehrer didn't need to be there, it was a romney control of that space and that physical control of that space which was so dominant. i don't think we have seen anything like it before. and in probably a presidential debate. >> rose: we continue request...
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is a liar, not mitt romney is a phony, not mitt romney is a flip flopper but mitt romney is a right wing extremist that's wha what they e been saying and been on that consistently and what happened in denver was mitt romney threw a monkey wrench into that plan and what w what we have seen ine last week is obama campaign scram blink around trying to recalibrate and they have had the message they have gotten to now is they are trying to simultaneously and this is what you saw biden do all might tonight simultaneously say, romney is a liar, can't be trusted, isn't telling the truth, can't be trusted and also let me remind you he said, he and paul ryan are right wing extremists at the same time so their message now is complicated, and it has posed the kind of strategic conundrum that i still don't think -- they are trying to do kind of a high brild of, hybrid, and flip flop, liar, liar and right wing radical and haven't quite found the right pitch for that yet and that's where joe biden is groping for and one of the things this debate showed me at least is that is what they are going to
is a liar, not mitt romney is a phony, not mitt romney is a flip flopper but mitt romney is a right wing extremist that's wha what they e been saying and been on that consistently and what happened in denver was mitt romney threw a monkey wrench into that plan and what w what we have seen ine last week is obama campaign scram blink around trying to recalibrate and they have had the message they have gotten to now is they are trying to simultaneously and this is what you saw biden do all might...
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mitt romney. not only does he have the money, he reported a huge number today, another huge fund raising number today. he also has momentum now which he had not had coming out of south carolina. you look at the six states about to present themselves in february with only one debate that is three weeks away. five of those states romney won in 2008 when he lost the nomination. i think the calendar favors him. i think thers a window for newt gingrich, a lot smaller and tinier. in 2008 barack lost florida and went on win 11 contes in a row. that went all the way through june. newt gingrich doesn't have the organizationnd doesn't straight money that barack obama has. but this thing still h not been puto bed because mitt romney has performed much better and look back at south carolina and i lost in south carolina he still has some fundamental flaws. but i think that window is so small and text a&february is ina hard month ahead. >> charlie: he's defined this election between a reagan conservative and mi
mitt romney. not only does he have the money, he reported a huge number today, another huge fund raising number today. he also has momentum now which he had not had coming out of south carolina. you look at the six states about to present themselves in february with only one debate that is three weeks away. five of those states romney won in 2008 when he lost the nomination. i think the calendar favors him. i think thers a window for newt gingrich, a lot smaller and tinier. in 2008 barack lost...
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senate romney's fortune would not have been possible dollars you have said mitt romney's fortune when not have been possible without the direct assistance of the government. >> yes, there is a tax deduction for all of that borrowed money. when mitt romney or bain capital, when they want to take over a company like kb toys and borrow $300 million to do it, and that new debt becomes the debt of kb toys, when kb pays the monthly service on that debt, the service is deductible. and if they did not have that deduction, these deals would not be economically feasible. they would not be possible. i spoke to one former regulator from the sec who worked both in the sec and an accountant at a big accounting firm. he reviewed a number of these deals in both the public and private capacity, and said, without that deduction, he has never seen a deal that would have been economically feasible the left a private equity deal that would have been economically feasible. intalked about romney's role other cases. >> generally speaking, these private equity deals are made possible by the sort of get rich q
senate romney's fortune would not have been possible dollars you have said mitt romney's fortune when not have been possible without the direct assistance of the government. >> yes, there is a tax deduction for all of that borrowed money. when mitt romney or bain capital, when they want to take over a company like kb toys and borrow $300 million to do it, and that new debt becomes the debt of kb toys, when kb pays the monthly service on that debt, the service is deductible. and if they...
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the workers have been trying to get romney to save their jobs. >> romney supporters in the audience were calling as communists because we're trying to save our jobs from going to communist china. >> first, mother jones reporter david corn who obtained the secret mitt romney tapes. >> david corn and mitt romney and the showdown, the inside story and "showdown: the indside story of how obama fought back against boehner, cantor, and the tea party." all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from freeport, illinois. the justice department's inspector general has issued a long anticipated report faulting top federal officials over the controversial gun sting operation known as fast and furious while exonerating attorney general eric holder. the operation saw u.s. agents allowing the sale of thousands of guns to middlemen for mexican drug cartels in an attempt to gain access to senior level figures within mexico's criminal organization. the nearly 500-page report, issued wednesday, accuses federal p
the workers have been trying to get romney to save their jobs. >> romney supporters in the audience were calling as communists because we're trying to save our jobs from going to communist china. >> first, mother jones reporter david corn who obtained the secret mitt romney tapes. >> david corn and mitt romney and the showdown, the inside story and "showdown: the indside story of how obama fought back against boehner, cantor, and the tea party." all of that and more...
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it's been about mitt romney and the non-mitt romney. and so everything has been about him and his lack, actually, his lack of ability to coalesce even though as kay said, he's been running for five years, to become the dominant candidate in this. >> rose: also, a look back at history with robert massey's much-acclaimed book on catherine the grt. >> what catherine did was to bring... well, let's say just in the field of power politics she a and potemkin together who was her lover, maybe her husband, but then went off to become viceroy of the south conquer turkey, the crimea, the site of odessa and that was equivalent to what peter the great did in the north. >> rose: and the incisive writing of adam gopnik as he looks at one of his favorite things-- food. >> i wanted to write about the part of food that doesn't come from the ground up but the head down, so to speak. the way we rich alize our meals, why we ritualize our meals. every human group that'sver been known as food rules and food rituals. they have a way of approaching the table t
it's been about mitt romney and the non-mitt romney. and so everything has been about him and his lack, actually, his lack of ability to coalesce even though as kay said, he's been running for five years, to become the dominant candidate in this. >> rose: also, a look back at history with robert massey's much-acclaimed book on catherine the grt. >> what catherine did was to bring... well, let's say just in the field of power politics she a and potemkin together who was her lover,...
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head, romney was a different guy after the libya stumble and again, the romney folks believe th the fact checkers will tank their side but mitt romney couldn't make the argument. it is sort of the same issue president obama had in that first debate. but i thought that one of the big misses for mitt romney we are not talking about now and that we would have been talking about if not for the libya moment was what i thought was a miss on the bush question, right? he gets the question that i think is this sort of lingering question out there with some swing voters, particularly say in the upper midwest, the ohio, iowa, portion of this -- of these battleground states and yet it was, hey, i am going to be tougher on china, i am going to be more free trade, he didn't seem to have a solid answer of what makes me different than bush and then the president in there clearly was ready with his talking points. i will tell yo tell you how he s different from bush, hits him on medicare and on immigration. so it was almost a reverse of here you have the president with a plan and he executed it toni
head, romney was a different guy after the libya stumble and again, the romney folks believe th the fact checkers will tank their side but mitt romney couldn't make the argument. it is sort of the same issue president obama had in that first debate. but i thought that one of the big misses for mitt romney we are not talking about now and that we would have been talking about if not for the libya moment was what i thought was a miss on the bush question, right? he gets the question that i think...
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once he got a head of steam and romney lost romney may end up a loser in iowa and if he land lineds iowa gingrich could be difficult to stop but not up possible because as you suggested he wouldn't automatically consolidate. some conservatives do not like him and nor for rick perry or santorum. >> charlie: i'm afraid i'm going to lose you i'll say good night. >> good night, charlie. >> charlie: you know the bush family. patr patr patrition is not the reason he can't connect. >> he reminded me of richard nixon in the sense they were both awkward. nixon got around it with sll talk by falling back on sports. where you from, how's fran tarki tarkinton and watching romney on the stump it seems a struggle and the connecting problem is for real. >> so it's more than growing up in a bubble. >> i cover george h.w.'s presidency and we have examples of people who are wealthy and make good connections. one is mor of the city. obviously you can do that. you can full off. mitt romneis a little different than michael bloomberg obviously. that is a chaenge for him. there are many factors that come into
once he got a head of steam and romney lost romney may end up a loser in iowa and if he land lineds iowa gingrich could be difficult to stop but not up possible because as you suggested he wouldn't automatically consolidate. some conservatives do not like him and nor for rick perry or santorum. >> charlie: i'm afraid i'm going to lose you i'll say good night. >> good night, charlie. >> charlie: you know the bush family. patr patr patrition is not the reason he can't connect....
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mitt romney chooses paul ryan who puts forward a plan that would enormously personally benefit mitt romney. >> the thing is, people look at ryan's budget plan and say it attacks medicare and medicaid and social security. it does begin a deconstruction of them. but what it really does is return full-scale supply-side economics. ryan's plan does not balance the budget for 28 years. it is about massive tax cuts for very wealthy people, multinational corporations, and the beginnings of the redistribution of federal spending from funding programs like medicare and medicaid and social security and to wall street an insurance companies. his notion of using vouchers to help people "buy their medicaid" is meant in terms, is a whole lot richer. the fact is, here's a guy who gets immense amounts of money from wall street, the banks, koch brothers who is proposing a budget -- >> the pentagon? more than they asked for? >> absolutely. this guy saying, i want to take care of your grandkids and make sure they do not have debt. we simply wants to do as much of the government keeps collecting taxes but ship
mitt romney chooses paul ryan who puts forward a plan that would enormously personally benefit mitt romney. >> the thing is, people look at ryan's budget plan and say it attacks medicare and medicaid and social security. it does begin a deconstruction of them. but what it really does is return full-scale supply-side economics. ryan's plan does not balance the budget for 28 years. it is about massive tax cuts for very wealthy people, multinational corporations, and the beginnings of the...
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romney has a more difficult path. on the other hand, if the overall water table rises for him air, lot of states that now look very difficult for him will look a lot easier. the fact that he's put wisconsin in play helps him enormously if they can keep that. we talked to scott walker this morning and he believes the enthusiasm that we all saw during the recall election out there will carry through into november. >> rose: and rob portman believes the same thing in ohio. i haven't heard much about the tea party out here. is it simply because their people, their support, paul ryan being one, marco rubio being another, are the future stars of the party. >> it looked like an angry protest in 2009 when we saw it in the town hall meetings, but in fact when you look at the republican governors, they are governing in many ways like tea party conservatives -- >> are they governing effectively? >> some are. not in an uncontroversial way. these are not governors with 65% approval rating. they don't. they are governing in a way th
romney has a more difficult path. on the other hand, if the overall water table rises for him air, lot of states that now look very difficult for him will look a lot easier. the fact that he's put wisconsin in play helps him enormously if they can keep that. we talked to scott walker this morning and he believes the enthusiasm that we all saw during the recall election out there will carry through into november. >> rose: and rob portman believes the same thing in ohio. i haven't heard...
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. >> the story is mitt romney. we call this the republican national convention. it's the mitt romney convention, as all conventions are. they're all about the no, ma'am nigh and what we learn about the nominee and what the nominee says about himself. so everything builds to thursday night and his speech and ann romney's speech was part of that chris christie's speech was a part of that, paul ryan is a part of that. ultimately it comes down to what mitt romney does for himself. >> one thing that surprises me walking around tampa is of course mitt romney is the story but there's another story going on and that's paul ryan who we heard from tonight. just the excitement about that candidate is palpable when you go around the delegations. i don't know if it's because of the weaknesses of mitt romney or the strengths of paul ryan but there's an element of dissatisfaction or lack of excitement about the top of the tip i can so they shine a spotlight on a vice presidential nominee. >> with paul ryan they've picked a very a
. >> the story is mitt romney. we call this the republican national convention. it's the mitt romney convention, as all conventions are. they're all about the no, ma'am nigh and what we learn about the nominee and what the nominee says about himself. so everything builds to thursday night and his speech and ann romney's speech was part of that chris christie's speech was a part of that, paul ryan is a part of that. ultimately it comes down to what mitt romney does for himself. >>...
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romney needed to do three things. on cares about you, understands the middle class be closer than he could have been, he couldn't lose those by large double digit margins and narrowed those. couldn't win them, had no narrow them. had plans for the economy needed a significant lead. the president has been ahead at times, kind of remarkable and three is, is favorable, unfavorable, governor romney went into the general election season based on most polls as the worst nominee of either party ever in terms of do you like this person or not? do you think of them favorably, unfavorably, he has really improved and in fact in some polling he went past the president on that measure. and that is to go back to the question of what is the one dynamic of this campaign? would he be seen as acceptable? i think he improved enough to be acceptable he has not been destroyed the way kerry was destroyed. the swift boat commercials. >> and by punishable sizing his saying i was for it before i was against it and the video of windsurfing and
romney needed to do three things. on cares about you, understands the middle class be closer than he could have been, he couldn't lose those by large double digit margins and narrowed those. couldn't win them, had no narrow them. had plans for the economy needed a significant lead. the president has been ahead at times, kind of remarkable and three is, is favorable, unfavorable, governor romney went into the general election season based on most polls as the worst nominee of either party ever...
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there are hints from romney that he would daschle like u.s. troops back in iraq. so it is not only that president obama's current policies don't seem so different from the actual policies that rom mattere vehemence with which one or the other calls for war and makes that a standard of what they stand for. tavis: you mentioned the muslim world and the arab world. president obama basically says tthat he wants to be a friend of the middle east. this is on top of him continuing come even to this day, to be referred to by some as a muslim and not a christian. juxtapose what he said what he wanted to do, the goodwill he wanted to foster and crate with what he has on his hands now in the middle east and republicans were making a mockery of him because of that juxtaposition. >> it is a huge challenge for president obama. the reality is that, while he began his presidency with a real intention of trying to do things differently, he did not push hard enough in washington. he had the view apparently that he could bring all sides together and that became the priority. that be
there are hints from romney that he would daschle like u.s. troops back in iraq. so it is not only that president obama's current policies don't seem so different from the actual policies that rom mattere vehemence with which one or the other calls for war and makes that a standard of what they stand for. tavis: you mentioned the muslim world and the arab world. president obama basically says tthat he wants to be a friend of the middle east. this is on top of him continuing come even to this...
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here romney, you know, romney hasn't done that at all. if he had doubled down on who he is, if he had said, if he had picked rob portman and said this guy knows more about the federal budget and federal government than anybody i know, the two of us, that's our job. our job is to get this thing back on track and that's why the at least doubled down on the message that he's going to make things better. >> rose: would it have put ohio in play. >> yeah i thought before he made the pick that ryan would be a bad pick politically. after the first few days i thought this is work out better than i thought it would. >> rose: and today? >> today i think people did not talk about is ryan qualified to be vice president. i thought he is a young guy and younger looking guyment that has not been much of the debate. if he gets to the fall he does well in dedebate people will say that say a good governing pick, a good pick for the right reasons, i think this could work out to be a net plus. >> did the romney team see this as a roll of the dice? >> that's a
here romney, you know, romney hasn't done that at all. if he had doubled down on who he is, if he had said, if he had picked rob portman and said this guy knows more about the federal budget and federal government than anybody i know, the two of us, that's our job. our job is to get this thing back on track and that's why the at least doubled down on the message that he's going to make things better. >> rose: would it have put ohio in play. >> yeah i thought before he made the pick...
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polls are tight between mitt romney and rick santorum, despite the fact that michigan is mitt romney's home state. tonight actress and film maker jennifer westfeldt is here. she is the director and star the new film "friends with kids." debbie dingell and jennifer westfeldt coming out. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is a place to gather with your community to make everyday better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: a quick look ahead to what is coming up here this week. tomorrow i will be joined by singer-songwriter sinead o'connor. she is out with an acclaimed new cd, that maybe her most personal project to date. i will be joined by two of the leading heart experts for an in- depth conversation on ways we can improve our heart health. despite all of the improvements in medicine, heart disease remains the no. 1 cause of death across america. we will have a conversation on a supreme court review on a major vote -- a major affirmative action case. those who support affirmative action are worried that the conserv
polls are tight between mitt romney and rick santorum, despite the fact that michigan is mitt romney's home state. tonight actress and film maker jennifer westfeldt is here. she is the director and star the new film "friends with kids." debbie dingell and jennifer westfeldt coming out. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is a place to gather with your community to make everyday better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you....
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in mitt romney's case he's a problem solver. ip i'm not convinced he understands me, that he understands those who work for a living. romney. >> charlie:suppose you were -- dial back to sort of the middle of the republican primary and you're trying to mitt romney both win the primaries which is a fruitful step for you of which there is no end, only an end if you don't win but if you win you have another step. what would you have done? how would you have tried to define yourself. >> chutely i would have gone at my business career, focus on that. not governor of massachusetts. only one out of 5 knew about bain capitol. he should have known 4 out of 5 would have known. >> charlie:here is the analogy you could make. we just watched the olympics. they love people who work hard and try and win. people who come back are the winners so we like winning. how would you define the pis story if it's not a story of the american success story? >> the crux of the campaign. it's not that i won. it's that you won. >> charlie:because we were succe
in mitt romney's case he's a problem solver. ip i'm not convinced he understands me, that he understands those who work for a living. romney. >> charlie:suppose you were -- dial back to sort of the middle of the republican primary and you're trying to mitt romney both win the primaries which is a fruitful step for you of which there is no end, only an end if you don't win but if you win you have another step. what would you have done? how would you have tried to define yourself. >>...
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this is mitt romney's message to women to all americans. is that he is going to put in to place economic policies that will create growth which will create the jobs, be the energy to small businesses start growing again. >> we asked the experts whether reproductive rights is a decisive issue for women voters this year. >> it is for the barack obama campaign. they think that's the way they're going to keep their women. suggest that women would vote about who's going to pay for their contraception, that is more of an issue than are my loved ones working, am i working, are my kids going to have an opportunity when they graduate from college. >> the president especially lately, as of late, he has said, you know, look, he doesn't believe that men should be legislating women's bodies and he supports, uh, he really supports women in that way in making sure that they have what they need. with, you know, the different characters out there, making statements about rape and about abortion and how they feel about it and he basically says, you know, loo
this is mitt romney's message to women to all americans. is that he is going to put in to place economic policies that will create growth which will create the jobs, be the energy to small businesses start growing again. >> we asked the experts whether reproductive rights is a decisive issue for women voters this year. >> it is for the barack obama campaign. they think that's the way they're going to keep their women. suggest that women would vote about who's going to pay for their...
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and he didn't come back at romney and poke holes and a lot of the things that romney was saying was not true. >> the time in the third debate which is upon us. >> absolutely. >> for him to -- >> absolutely. >> turn it back around. >> i do agree with tar on this. three weeks ago lifetime in politics. it is. you are going to have senate races where women are going to be looking and todd aiken in missouri saying that a woman's body can shut et cetera down in unwanted rape and pregnancy. he was in bed with s of so to speak, todd aiken, they are looking at that and seeing this is the republican party and this is who romney and ryan are. >> i agree in the first debate, the president didn't show up. he needed to. the second time he was hungry. it showed that he wanted to speak to the issues that were important to women. issues around healthcare and the economy. these issues are bread and butter issues in america. i'm concerned who is in the polling strata. i asked african-american women did you get a call, is your vote registering in any of those poles? when we tease out those numbers, we will
and he didn't come back at romney and poke holes and a lot of the things that romney was saying was not true. >> the time in the third debate which is upon us. >> absolutely. >> for him to -- >> absolutely. >> turn it back around. >> i do agree with tar on this. three weeks ago lifetime in politics. it is. you are going to have senate races where women are going to be looking and todd aiken in missouri saying that a woman's body can shut et cetera down in...
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governor romney, you elected to go last. >> i want to thank you and governor romney. i think this was a terrific debate. i appreciate it. i want to thank the university of denver. four years ago, we were going through a major crisis. and yet my faith and confidence in the american future is undiminished. and the reason is because of its people. the woman i met in north carolina decided at 55 to go back to school because she wanted to inspire her daughter and now has a job. because the company in minnesota who was willing to give up salaries and perks for the executives to make sure they did not lay off workers during the recession. the auto workers that emit in toledo or detroit take such pride in building the best cars in the world, not just because of a paycheck, but because it gives them the sense of pride, that they're helping to build america. and so the question now is, how we build on the strengths? and everything that i've tried to do and everything and proposing for the next four years in terms of improving our education system or developing american energy o
governor romney, you elected to go last. >> i want to thank you and governor romney. i think this was a terrific debate. i appreciate it. i want to thank the university of denver. four years ago, we were going through a major crisis. and yet my faith and confidence in the american future is undiminished. and the reason is because of its people. the woman i met in north carolina decided at 55 to go back to school because she wanted to inspire her daughter and now has a job. because the...
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mitt romney went to shake his hand. he put his hand on the shoulder last night as he is coming to give his acceptance address, and pointed at him read >> the triumph of karl rove. you do have a real [unintelligible] between the establishment and the tea party and karl rove really embodied the establishment. romney was much more of an establishment candidate, not a tea party favorite. you had rove quietly behind the scenes. romney never really caught fire. he rarely got 20%, maybe 30% of votes in the primaries. but he outlasted everyone as they were shot in the back. finally rove was able to harness the tea party dynamism and get the big backers like the koch brothers and sheldon adelson, and that meant vast sums of money they are able to spend today. >> thank you for being with us, craig unger and arun gupta. craig unger wrote, "boss rove: inside karl rove's secret kingdom of power." it hits bookshelves on september 4. you can read and that served on -- an exceprt on democracynow.org. when we come back, the speech of cl
mitt romney went to shake his hand. he put his hand on the shoulder last night as he is coming to give his acceptance address, and pointed at him read >> the triumph of karl rove. you do have a real [unintelligible] between the establishment and the tea party and karl rove really embodied the establishment. romney was much more of an establishment candidate, not a tea party favorite. you had rove quietly behind the scenes. romney never really caught fire. he rarely got 20%, maybe 30% of...
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romney had a piece. the piece was titled "a new course for the middle east," but he raises some domestic issues, . "in recent years, president obama has allowed our leadership to atrophy. our economy is stuck in a recovery that is clearly deserves the name. our national debt has risen to record levels. our military tested by a decade of war is facing cuts based to that -- thanks to the budgetary games played by the white house. our values have been misunderstood by a president who thinks that weakness will win favor with our adversaries. by failing to maintain the elements of our influence and by stepping away from our allies, president obama has heightened the prospect of conflict and instability. he does not understand that an american policy that lets result can provoke a precedent and encouraged this order." two paris. let me take them one at a time. in the first paragraph, he speaks to the way he sees the economic conditions in its country. what did mitt romney say in that first paragraph that you d
romney had a piece. the piece was titled "a new course for the middle east," but he raises some domestic issues, . "in recent years, president obama has allowed our leadership to atrophy. our economy is stuck in a recovery that is clearly deserves the name. our national debt has risen to record levels. our military tested by a decade of war is facing cuts based to that -- thanks to the budgetary games played by the white house. our values have been misunderstood by a president...
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governor romney-- it boggles mind. i know governor romney. i served as two years -- >> rose: what did you think of him? >> i thought he was a smart, competent guy who did something terrific in massachusetts health care plan, terrific. >> rose: right. >> in fact we went up and spent six hours with him and he was teaching us what was in the health care plan, and, boy, was he proud of it. >> rose: he was a believer. >> he was a true believer back then. i'm stunned at these mistakes, one after the other, and each mistake -- >> rose: how do you explain it? >> i can't. each is not a game change ebut cumulatively, if people take a character and believe europe a dufus, or a gaffe machine or they believe you're just not ready to be president, then it almost doesn't matter what the joblessness figures are. i don't think he's there yet, but the cumulative weight of these mistakes, these statementes, the cumulative weight of it is growing. and it's particularly dangerous for mitt romney because he has changed his positions, and some of that is explainabl
governor romney-- it boggles mind. i know governor romney. i served as two years -- >> rose: what did you think of him? >> i thought he was a smart, competent guy who did something terrific in massachusetts health care plan, terrific. >> rose: right. >> in fact we went up and spent six hours with him and he was teaching us what was in the health care plan, and, boy, was he proud of it. >> rose: he was a believer. >> he was a true believer back then. i'm...
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romney would be president. obviously, it would not be a great thing for the country if you had to split between the general election and the electoral college. it happened before, but it could definitely happen. you could have a lot of really close states. i think it is very possible. tavis: covering this every day, why do you think this race is so close? you keep be -- we keep being told that the contrast could not be more stark between the two. why is the race is tight? >> this is an extremely polarized country. a whole group of people very far to the right and a whole group of people are democratic. i think you will have a race split by a couple of points. people are really angry. the tea party on the right and the people on the left have made this a very angry, intense election. we have been having a very divided elections for the past two or three cycles. i do not see that changing any time soon. the country is becoming more polarized. tavis: if president obama were to win in the tightest of tight races, w
romney would be president. obviously, it would not be a great thing for the country if you had to split between the general election and the electoral college. it happened before, but it could definitely happen. you could have a lot of really close states. i think it is very possible. tavis: covering this every day, why do you think this race is so close? you keep be -- we keep being told that the contrast could not be more stark between the two. why is the race is tight? >> this is an...
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and when romney runs, romney has a new ad out saying he can work better with congress than obama has, that somebody didn't point out that this is an obstructionist republican majority in the house. >> i think that's because obama is in a trap. he has painted himself into a corner, which makes him vulnerable to the charge, which has been heard increasingly often, that you don't know what obama's going to do in his second term, that he doesn't have an agenda, that only the past he's willing to talk about, that was a failure. and he can't tell you because it's not going to be good. i think the problem obama has is that he can tell part of the story, thanks to bill clinton, which is, "they gave me a problem and i stopped what they were doing. back to the people who caused the problem." but what he is not then able to do, which i wish he would do, is to say, "and the reason it was so hard for me to do as much as i wanted, and the reason i need your help, america, going forward, is that these people are going to fight us tooth and nail every step of the way. and starting with dealing with t
and when romney runs, romney has a new ad out saying he can work better with congress than obama has, that somebody didn't point out that this is an obstructionist republican majority in the house. >> i think that's because obama is in a trap. he has painted himself into a corner, which makes him vulnerable to the charge, which has been heard increasingly often, that you don't know what obama's going to do in his second term, that he doesn't have an agenda, that only the past he's willing...
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that was romney's issue. then after south carolina and after the sort of rage anti-elitism announcements of the speaker, it seemed that he had tried to grab he elect ability and no longer was it a negative for him. does it still play and how does it play. >> he elect ability for romney? >> yes. i think it is a very positive thing for him. within the people in the republican party who have wrung their hands about romney as a weak general election candidate, people who tried to draft other candidates into the race, gingrich is weak and erratic performance this past week makes them feel like romney is a safer choice, head-to-head polls the president against the two republicans lately have been very much in romney's favor. and romney's ability to go after the president and-- to go after gingrich, rather, and his stng debe performance is giving people confidence, maybe this guy can pull it off. on the other hand, even as he has been going after gingrich he effectively, lebl ability, the question is he elect abilit
that was romney's issue. then after south carolina and after the sort of rage anti-elitism announcements of the speaker, it seemed that he had tried to grab he elect ability and no longer was it a negative for him. does it still play and how does it play. >> he elect ability for romney? >> yes. i think it is a very positive thing for him. within the people in the republican party who have wrung their hands about romney as a weak general election candidate, people who tried to draft...
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romney... there's the body surfing and the easter eggs and tag and trip and all that. >> rose: these would be the romney children. >> yes, the various romney children. but in the end what romney's really good at-- and there's a line in the book-- is kill, kill kill and, by the way, if you have an extra bullet or two kill them again. >> every single big state romney won has been the colin powell doctrine. every one of them has been the application of overwhelming force. money. >> rose: who's going to have the money advantage in this political... >> i don't think it matters. >> it doesn't matter. that's one of the great myth wes perpetrate because journalists need stuff to measure. they need numbers. (laughter) >> rose: i don't need anything! (laughter) >> not you, charlie. not you. >> other less high-minded journalists. >> it is, in fact, the obama people are having more trouble raising money. >> rose: that's what i heard. >> that's unquestionably true and they recognize that on the other side i
romney... there's the body surfing and the easter eggs and tag and trip and all that. >> rose: these would be the romney children. >> yes, the various romney children. but in the end what romney's really good at-- and there's a line in the book-- is kill, kill kill and, by the way, if you have an extra bullet or two kill them again. >> every single big state romney won has been the colin powell doctrine. every one of them has been the application of overwhelming force. money....
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, can that hurt romney, is is romney vulnerable to anything gingrich can throw at him he has not yet heard. >> if you are asking me, charlie, i think, in fact, if you look at the last month or two, romney has escaped a great deal of criticism and attack, 45 percent of the ads in the state of iowa over the last month were negative gingrich ads, ireally is remarkable and clearly took a toll. i think romney will be a target of santorum, he will be a targe of newt for sure, he will be a target of huntsman and that is saturday night sunday morning debate, i think mitch is going to get, they think they are in great shape and can't lose and even going to south carolina for a y and a half, i have never seen a new hampshire candidate do that before. this state has a funny way of not liking people who are foreordained orr daind to be the win sores certainly he is going, he is in a commanding position but i don't think -- i think he could have some trouble in the next six days. >> they may go to barack obama for some lessons on that. >> yes, yes. or george w. bush. >> charlie, one thing we didn
, can that hurt romney, is is romney vulnerable to anything gingrich can throw at him he has not yet heard. >> if you are asking me, charlie, i think, in fact, if you look at the last month or two, romney has escaped a great deal of criticism and attack, 45 percent of the ads in the state of iowa over the last month were negative gingrich ads, ireally is remarkable and clearly took a toll. i think romney will be a target of santorum, he will be a targe of newt for sure, he will be a...
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but that's the long-standing narrative romney has had. so he had an opportunity here to kind of plug back into that narrative. and when he says the word "apology" at a rally with republicans, the whole place lights up. >> rose: because they have context with it, they know he used it before as a charge against the obama administration. >> that's right. there is a largest contest which is that american foreign policy should never apologize. that america leads through strengthment you hear that all the time through governor romney. so this is a global argument between whether you do it through soft power and diplomacy or a more kind of forward-leaning to use a cliche approach that is a bit strong their romney advocates for. >> rose: but at the same time some republicans within his own party and some people who write about politics but are considered to be favorable to some of the things that governor romney believes in, are pushing back and saying this is not the place to do what he's doing. >> pushing back very hard. and it's a question of
but that's the long-standing narrative romney has had. so he had an opportunity here to kind of plug back into that narrative. and when he says the word "apology" at a rally with republicans, the whole place lights up. >> rose: because they have context with it, they know he used it before as a charge against the obama administration. >> that's right. there is a largest contest which is that american foreign policy should never apologize. that america leads through...
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romney. that hasn't happed. but what has happened inhe last 24 hours for the first time in the race, there is a consensus message against mitt romney that every one of the a can dates are now repeating. >> rose: also a look at the film "the artist." the star is jean dujardin and berenice bejo and the film is directed by michel hazanavicius. >> to me, the story is more about how, a man, a human being, has to adapt himself in a transiti period and how when your world is changing you have to face that. hollywood or not hollywood, it's the same for everybody and especially now. the world is changing so fast that when you wor in a factory or in an office or in anywhere, things can change very quickly and you have to adapt yourself. i think it's more about that. rose: the new hampshire primary and the new silent film "the artist," when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we begin tonight with an assessment of the
romney. that hasn't happed. but what has happened inhe last 24 hours for the first time in the race, there is a consensus message against mitt romney that every one of the a can dates are now repeating. >> rose: also a look at the film "the artist." the star is jean dujardin and berenice bejo and the film is directed by michel hazanavicius. >> to me, the story is more about how, a man, a human being, has to adapt himself in a transiti period and how when your world is...
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romney's side. they were together at bain capital. he comes in and handles all the books and letters and finances. when romney leaves shortly after the games to run for governor of massachusetts, he took over and was ceo until the books were closed down at the end of 2002. he was at romney's side -- i quote people saying, would never have a mitt romney, the governor's representative on the board, would never have had a mitt romney without a fraser bullock. fraser bullock and his family and his business associates, at the time i wrote this and they may have given more sense, gave almost $800,000 to mitt romney's campaign. the people have written about in these three stores have collectively given over $2 million to the romney campaign, including the ticket broker involved in the london games. he got his first exclusive contract from mitt romney. he is the one he made the $131,000 in cash payoffs and fraser bullock has become his partner in jet sport and coast port, the two companies screwing up the o
romney's side. they were together at bain capital. he comes in and handles all the books and letters and finances. when romney leaves shortly after the games to run for governor of massachusetts, he took over and was ceo until the books were closed down at the end of 2002. he was at romney's side -- i quote people saying, would never have a mitt romney, the governor's representative on the board, would never have had a mitt romney without a fraser bullock. fraser bullock and his family and his...
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do you think romney could create 12 million new jobs? >> but i think it's going to be done differently. i have some sympathy for what the secretary is talking about, i spent time at the department of labor working on the rotational training opportunities i think this is really important. but i think ultimately what's going to be the best thing for women is to reign in the size and scope of government, to put our spending so we're not drowning future generations in debt. to make it easier for women to start businesses and to stay employed. to mother our tax burden to flatten it. these are the things that are ultimately going to help women far more than any specific government program. >> you notice how one sided that was. i agree with much of what you said. we need to reign in spending and every economist says and especially when you are recovering, you need to fuel the economy. that is what is the one-sided problem with republicans why they are going to lose. look at what is beginning to happen with no help from the house of representati
do you think romney could create 12 million new jobs? >> but i think it's going to be done differently. i have some sympathy for what the secretary is talking about, i spent time at the department of labor working on the rotational training opportunities i think this is really important. but i think ultimately what's going to be the best thing for women is to reign in the size and scope of government, to put our spending so we're not drowning future generations in debt. to make it easier...
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romney be looking for this around? >> first, i am unhappy to say i think senator rubio would be an excellent choice as a running mate. -- i am happy to say i think senator rubio would be an excellent choice as a running mate. there are other choices as well that our excellent choices, like gov. macdonald in virginia. and rob portman in ohio. there's one criteria. that is, you choose a person that you believe if something happens to you, can be a great person -- president for this country. and then work beyond that. do they share their -- your philosophies? i think governor romney has a number of attractive options. and by the way, he will clean up in new york tomorrow and we hope those remaining candidates still in after tomorrow will say, ok, he is the nominee. it is time to focus on electing governor romney president. tavis: gov. george pataki is a three-term former governor of the empire state. always good to talk to you. it always enjoy your time. >> good to be on with you. tavis: up next, the adventures actor clar
romney be looking for this around? >> first, i am unhappy to say i think senator rubio would be an excellent choice as a running mate. -- i am happy to say i think senator rubio would be an excellent choice as a running mate. there are other choices as well that our excellent choices, like gov. macdonald in virginia. and rob portman in ohio. there's one criteria. that is, you choose a person that you believe if something happens to you, can be a great person -- president for this country....
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is viable, those people will all flip, the romney, those people will flip towards mitt romney and that is where they will win and also look at some of these demographics slices where the president has big leads, especially spanish. >> rose: women, hispanics. >> women, hispanics, young voters, they say it is great the president has leads with those groups but those leads are going to get smaller and the reason is because all of those groups are also affected by the economy, you know, those kids in 2008 who voted for barack obama, you know, they are all excited what has he cone for you lately? you are living at home in your parent's garage, hispanics who voted for the real estate, way ahead, the president is way ahead with romney with hispanics, the president didn't deliver immigration reform for you although you think he is better than that issue he didn't deliver for you and look at the foreclosure crisis in nevada, look at the foreclosure crisis in florida, you know, you might like the president better but he dazen't done anything to really help you. >> is the republican party united
is viable, those people will all flip, the romney, those people will flip towards mitt romney and that is where they will win and also look at some of these demographics slices where the president has big leads, especially spanish. >> rose: women, hispanics. >> women, hispanics, young voters, they say it is great the president has leads with those groups but those leads are going to get smaller and the reason is because all of those groups are also affected by the economy, you know,...
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. >> rose: what mitt romney is all about or what mitt romney and paul ryan's program and plans are all about. >> well, both. i mean their research continues to show that if you link mitt romney's biography, his vast wealth, his overseas holdings, talking about outsourcing, if you link that to their policy, that is the most effective. so they need to do that but i think in a way that is not mean-spirited and stays away from the personal as much as possible. second i think it's clear that they are going to use this opportunity to do something which is to talk more about the second term. they held that pretty close. we will see how specific that gets. and the last thing i think is they need to recapture some of the magic of 2008. the president's personal popularity is why he, his job approval is higher than it is. it's why he has got a chance to win re-election above almost anything else, given the economy. so i think his speech will be important. bill clinton's speech will be important. the first lady's speech will be important in saying to people, you know what, you like a president who
. >> rose: what mitt romney is all about or what mitt romney and paul ryan's program and plans are all about. >> well, both. i mean their research continues to show that if you link mitt romney's biography, his vast wealth, his overseas holdings, talking about outsourcing, if you link that to their policy, that is the most effective. so they need to do that but i think in a way that is not mean-spirited and stays away from the personal as much as possible. second i think it's clear...
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they have been telling us it is mitt romney. we're telling them it is not necessarily mitt romney. we want creeks santorum. >> these incredibly tight results show that the party is torn between its head and it's hard. >> we will change the white house and get america back on track. >> coming out on top is good news for romney. he cannot get more than a quarter of republicans. "25%, that is his magic number. he cannot break that number. -- >> 25%, that is his magic number. he cannot break that number. >> in iowa, it was meetings scattered across the state. this had a big impact on the race. ron paul came a strong third, newt gingrich is down but determined to fight, rick perry is down but not quite out. for michele bachmann, iowa was the last waltz. this will now move to new hampshire. john mccain backed mitt romney. >> we will make sure that we make mitt romney the next president of the united states. >> critics feel he is the establishment candidate unable to reflect the grass roots. >> for more on this republican race to the white house as we look ahead to hampshire, i am joined
they have been telling us it is mitt romney. we're telling them it is not necessarily mitt romney. we want creeks santorum. >> these incredibly tight results show that the party is torn between its head and it's hard. >> we will change the white house and get america back on track. >> coming out on top is good news for romney. he cannot get more than a quarter of republicans. "25%, that is his magic number. he cannot break that number. -- >> 25%, that is his magic...
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mean mitt romney cannot win? that does mean that real conservatives, mitt romney, george w. bush, that energized the base. people like john mccain, bob dole, george h. w. bush, they usually do not win close elections. tavis: i meant that they hate the president and not to rally around romney. good -- enough to rally around romney. there is nobody covering politics anywhere these days who is more honest than you are, and that is why i am always delighted to have you on the program. >> we cannot wait to ceo in new york soon. good -- wait to see you in new york soon. >> thanks for watching, and as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. if you are in the new york area market please join me for a conversation about women, children, and poverty. the guests include suze orman and others. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with russ feingold on u.s. mistakes in the 10 years since 9-11. bowdothat is next time. we will see you then. >>
mean mitt romney cannot win? that does mean that real conservatives, mitt romney, george w. bush, that energized the base. people like john mccain, bob dole, george h. w. bush, they usually do not win close elections. tavis: i meant that they hate the president and not to rally around romney. good -- enough to rally around romney. there is nobody covering politics anywhere these days who is more honest than you are, and that is why i am always delighted to have you on the program. >> we...
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george romney was well loved. if you go to lansing, there are so many buildings and after him. -- there are many buildings named after him did he said he was born here, so i don't have to show you my birth certificate. my response to that was, no, your house got torn down just like so many others in downtown detroit that was because of the kind of globalization and the sting out of michigan that has happened since. as soon as mitt said, let detroit go bankrupt, you know, whatever people around the country think about the big publisher i call them 2.5's since chrysler has become so small, there are really the life blood. what he has done throughout his career, mitt romney has shut down these companies that are trying to make things -- if these from the u.s. and outsource them overseas. he had difficulty here against santorum because santorum has a better manufacturing record and romney. i do not know why romney never understood manufacturing, having grown up with it, but he did not. >> and his latest video of mitt
george romney was well loved. if you go to lansing, there are so many buildings and after him. -- there are many buildings named after him did he said he was born here, so i don't have to show you my birth certificate. my response to that was, no, your house got torn down just like so many others in downtown detroit that was because of the kind of globalization and the sting out of michigan that has happened since. as soon as mitt said, let detroit go bankrupt, you know, whatever people around...
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and unlike obama and romney, romney clarified what he said for the arizona legislation. he was only saying that e-verify was a model. i said the whole bill of their son was a model. -- of the arizona bill was a model. we will also be supporting alabama. we are going to stop the illegal immigration and stop the coddling and catering that is exhibited by the obama administration and that will be followed through by romney. i am the only candidate that will not be in favor of the attaching a green card to a foreign student's graduation diploma. we need to have u.s. citizens first and our american institutions. i've got stacks of recommendations and requests for students atigh-school level to go to college. we need to preserve u.s. college admissions for u.s. citizens first instead of trying to bring in everyone from every country around the world. it is time for the president to put citizenship first and i will print >> rocky anderson of the justice party. >> we need to recognize that for decades, our government in the corporate sector have acted in collusion. that come int
and unlike obama and romney, romney clarified what he said for the arizona legislation. he was only saying that e-verify was a model. i said the whole bill of their son was a model. -- of the arizona bill was a model. we will also be supporting alabama. we are going to stop the illegal immigration and stop the coddling and catering that is exhibited by the obama administration and that will be followed through by romney. i am the only candidate that will not be in favor of the attaching a green...
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talk about who the romneys are, they're changing positions, who ann romney is. >> i supported mitt romney because he was a moderate, reasonable person running for governor in massachusetts. he never would have won that race if he was not a moderate. i saw him as somebody that might be able to bring the republican party back to a far saner middle course. instead, he has gone completely the opposite direction. when you hear ann romney say you can trust mitt romney, who can trust a man that changes his position on fundamental issues on a dime? who decides to run for president of the united states and all of a sudden goes from pro-choice to anti-choice, whose wife has ms and objects to stem cell research? these are the results of handlers telling him what he needs to do to get the republican nomination. i am very disappointed. they were great friends. pains me to say this actually because i really enjoyed working with him. i think he did a great job on the olympics. i think they have an amazing relationship between the two of them, but i do not think they are being honest about the american p
talk about who the romneys are, they're changing positions, who ann romney is. >> i supported mitt romney because he was a moderate, reasonable person running for governor in massachusetts. he never would have won that race if he was not a moderate. i saw him as somebody that might be able to bring the republican party back to a far saner middle course. instead, he has gone completely the opposite direction. when you hear ann romney say you can trust mitt romney, who can trust a man that...
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and mitt romney. they made at least over $15 million paid as much as $115 million. our investigation began in africa in the congo. this is greg palast reporting. we were hunting for vultures, so-called french -- will trephined finance year. vulture fund financiers. tactics are not outlined all over the world, but not in the u.s.a., and not in detroit where we found his of vulture funds feasting on the corpse of a another fund, the local auto parts of general motors. >> delco battery, made by the >> as the biggest customers, gm and chrysler collapse. delco, noun and delphi, went bust rid downs >> the vultures. they bought delphi for just 67 cents a share, bloated by $12 billion in taxpayer auto bailout subsidies the shares blue up from 67 cents to $22 a share. the auto task force chief called it extortion. extortion paid big time. so far, romney and partners of pocket over $4 billion. the billionaires' give romney a $1 million each for the republican campaign nevertheless, obamromney accused obama of c
and mitt romney. they made at least over $15 million paid as much as $115 million. our investigation began in africa in the congo. this is greg palast reporting. we were hunting for vultures, so-called french -- will trephined finance year. vulture fund financiers. tactics are not outlined all over the world, but not in the u.s.a., and not in detroit where we found his of vulture funds feasting on the corpse of a another fund, the local auto parts of general motors. >> delco battery, made...
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romney have a better plan? if he does, we have not seen heit. >> they have said governor romney will have his own economic plan. when might they put that out? >> they better put it out soon. i think mr. romney is a hard- working guy, a solid citizen, but he has thought into what i think is a bit of nonsense about supply side economics. he has bought into the idea that by cutting taxes used for the economy. that would be wonderful if true, but there is no doubt it is trooprue. what seems to happen is you might have some sort of the economy, but the deficit keeps getting bigger. we have an economic plan that was suggested by rahm eighth and not yet put in concrete that is based on a premise that is unproven. it is a delightful premise. supply side is delightful. it would be a wonderful thing if it is true, but there is no doubt it is true. >> where is the plan? didn't we try supply side in the reagan years? >> supply side and trickle-down are not the same. supply side says if you cut taxes on everyone, which reag
romney have a better plan? if he does, we have not seen heit. >> they have said governor romney will have his own economic plan. when might they put that out? >> they better put it out soon. i think mr. romney is a hard- working guy, a solid citizen, but he has thought into what i think is a bit of nonsense about supply side economics. he has bought into the idea that by cutting taxes used for the economy. that would be wonderful if true, but there is no doubt it is trooprue. what...
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mitt romney does. this campaign is new information about mitt romney. romney versus obama, if romney does it right, he is now liberated, the primaries are over, he can be mitt romney. >> so the ball is in his court to win the election. >> he has his hand on the control and make it about obama and the right way get him self out of the way and win. >> with an election this close i think that is a good place to be as a challenger, dead even and the ball is in his court. >> the problem is demographics and the way the votes are distributed in the states. >> and does he have an virus he doesn't have an antidote for. >> rose: what virus might he have. >> his authenticity is so badly damaged. >> rose: he can't fix the problem. >> times, cbs poll 32 percent don't have a view about mitt romney, 14 percent zero don't have a view about the president, the president is locked in and people can't get new information to help him but 32 percent you know the remaining person percent of in election is about, the 32 percent, is it mitt romney who can fix things and not sca
mitt romney does. this campaign is new information about mitt romney. romney versus obama, if romney does it right, he is now liberated, the primaries are over, he can be mitt romney. >> so the ball is in his court to win the election. >> he has his hand on the control and make it about obama and the right way get him self out of the way and win. >> with an election this close i think that is a good place to be as a challenger, dead even and the ball is in his court. >>...
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well, he was -- >> mitt romney comes back? >> he was already president in '68 but the democrats went through the -- there was the john connolly wing nut before he became a republican, there was mcgovern, musky, so i think the -- it there's going to be the equivalent of that now. >> rose: john harris, do you have any sense of what the president -- has he thought about how he wants to ghovrn the second term or is he simply thinking about having an opportunity to govern in the second half. >> it's an opportunity. and the way to look at the mandate is if he wins reelection, the republican mandate to stop him he hopes has been eliminated. probably what he wants to do is take up the unfinished agenda from 2011. that is get back the fiscal cliff, force both sides-- his theory is-- to deal with the so-called grand bargain on fiscal issues. and if that's right-- and i do think mark's analysis is right-- the two central figures to watch on the republican side are paul ryan. i think he is going to have a voice equal to if not superior to
well, he was -- >> mitt romney comes back? >> he was already president in '68 but the democrats went through the -- there was the john connolly wing nut before he became a republican, there was mcgovern, musky, so i think the -- it there's going to be the equivalent of that now. >> rose: john harris, do you have any sense of what the president -- has he thought about how he wants to ghovrn the second term or is he simply thinking about having an opportunity to govern in the...
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mark dumas is an evangelical and close romney adviser on faith issues. he says he's been impressed by the depth of romney's religious beliefs. >> this is a really rock solid faith they think guides this man when he wakes up until he goes to bed. >> i trust his character, his integrity, it is moral compass. and finally, i trust his values. for i'm fully convinced that they mirror my own values. >> for the last six years, dumas has been trying to enlist other evangelicals to the romney cause, including those who say they don't want to vote for a mormon because they don't consider mormons to be fellow christians. >> the same people that will say that would have no problem letting a doctor of a different faith do open heart surgery on them, will fly on an airplane piloted by a pilot of a different faith, and then suddenly say i can't vote for a president of a different faith. >> republicans need the enthusiastic support of evangelicals who make up more than a quart of the gop coalition. ralph reed says it's wrong to think that evangelicals would be upset bec
mark dumas is an evangelical and close romney adviser on faith issues. he says he's been impressed by the depth of romney's religious beliefs. >> this is a really rock solid faith they think guides this man when he wakes up until he goes to bed. >> i trust his character, his integrity, it is moral compass. and finally, i trust his values. for i'm fully convinced that they mirror my own values. >> for the last six years, dumas has been trying to enlist other evangelicals to the...
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mitt romney and rick santorum each got 21% of the evangelical vote. here in florida, conservative christians make up about 40% of likely republican primary voters. >> it is important just because there are so many of us. but we don't all think alike. we don't all support the same person. >> reporter: and that division among evangelicals has been a major factor this primary season. although one-time presumed front-runner romney does have some support within the evangelical community, so far, many rank-and-file conservative christians haven't rallied around him. some believe its at least in part because of romney's membership in the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints -- the mormons. >> mitt romney's mormonism is a concern of mine, because i have a concern as an evangelical christian that i should not promote what my faith teaches is a false religion. >> reporter: warren cole smith is associate publisher of the christian news magazine "world". he wrote a blog in which he said if romney believes what the mormon faith teaches, he is "unfit to serv
mitt romney and rick santorum each got 21% of the evangelical vote. here in florida, conservative christians make up about 40% of likely republican primary voters. >> it is important just because there are so many of us. but we don't all think alike. we don't all support the same person. >> reporter: and that division among evangelicals has been a major factor this primary season. although one-time presumed front-runner romney does have some support within the evangelical community,...
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you'll also see mitt romney focused almost singleminded leon obama from here on out. >> mitt romney, perhaps it is inevitable that he will be the winner, but momentum is the other half of the equation. has he got hegear, can he stepped up and move from this lackluster performance? -- has he got another gear? >> i think so. something working in his advantage is the election will be determined by what happens in the next seven months. really what happens in the last three months before the election, probably. a lot of voters, as much attention as the primary has gotten, many voters, primarily the independents, have not really focused or engaged on the race yet. and so, he has an opportunity to start fresh trying to win those voters over in the general election campaign >> . critical will be how heavyweight the campaign funders are. >> definitely. i think governor romney will do just fine on the fund-raising side. >> thanks very much for giving us your perspective on the prospects for mitt romney. the african union has announced sanctions against mali's military leadership as well as ar
you'll also see mitt romney focused almost singleminded leon obama from here on out. >> mitt romney, perhaps it is inevitable that he will be the winner, but momentum is the other half of the equation. has he got hegear, can he stepped up and move from this lackluster performance? -- has he got another gear? >> i think so. something working in his advantage is the election will be determined by what happens in the next seven months. really what happens in the last three months...
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romney. you are seeing the populist wing and the vanguard conservative wing of the party, whether it is rush limbaugh or sale apparent -- sarah palin or herman cain at rallying around him. tavis: why would anybody believe that mitt romney could actually beat barack obama. and i'm not suggesting that he cannot, but i'm asking why anybody believes that he can given that he has had difficulty rallying his face behind him? >> in some ways, the most important thing happening for republicans in the past few weeks is seen the limitations for mitt romney as a candidate. he has struggled to answer the questions about his background, his personal wealth, his ability to relate to average americans, which are somewhat muted in a republican primary much more so than in a general election. on the other hand, there is one solid bandage to romney as a general election candidate, which is a lot of the upper middle class, socially moderate, slightly right of center and voters who have been so important since 1
romney. you are seeing the populist wing and the vanguard conservative wing of the party, whether it is rush limbaugh or sale apparent -- sarah palin or herman cain at rallying around him. tavis: why would anybody believe that mitt romney could actually beat barack obama. and i'm not suggesting that he cannot, but i'm asking why anybody believes that he can given that he has had difficulty rallying his face behind him? >> in some ways, the most important thing happening for republicans in...
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romney is anywhere near 270. >> therein lies the challenge for governor romney. these polls show him doing well. there are more paths for president obama. governor romney has got a lock in florida. that has not happened 100%. i think governor romney has more to look for the reagan romney again has to win virginia. it is possible to win the presidency if you do not win virginia, but it gets tough. those are states where there has been an assumption that governor romney will go with those states. he does not have them locked in just yet, and you start to talk about ohio, wisconsin, new hampshire, and nevada, they are very favorable for the president right now. it is tough for governor romney. he has got to have a global win. it cannot just be trying to figure out some mix of states to try to get to 270. there is a final push for the country decides they are ready to hire him and fire president obama. tavis: we talked earlier about this notion of being careful, how you walk this tightrope when you have a storm that is vexing so much of the country, but there are som
romney is anywhere near 270. >> therein lies the challenge for governor romney. these polls show him doing well. there are more paths for president obama. governor romney has got a lock in florida. that has not happened 100%. i think governor romney has more to look for the reagan romney again has to win virginia. it is possible to win the presidency if you do not win virginia, but it gets tough. those are states where there has been an assumption that governor romney will go with those...
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let me ask you about mitt romney. what does it mean that he won maine? >> well, i think he had not won maine, it would be a bigger story. he barely edged out ron paul, and i think what that bigotry does for him, it's sort of stops bleeding some after the tough losses he had in minnesota, colorado, and missouri. to get any victory at all, as he did in maine, helped him out in terms of perception. now, a bunch of national polls have come out in the last couple of days, showing that rick santorum is really moving now, but getting that victory in maine does help to stabilize some. the big question is what is going to happen in michigan two weeks from now, tavis. the state where he grew up. is rick santorum going to be a competitor there, and can actually win that state? if rick santorum wins michigan, this race will really be turned on its head. tavis: talking about rick santorum and mitt romney being the two front runners, a few days ago, it was mitt romney and newt gingrich, and now we see "national review online" calling for newt gingrich to get out of th
let me ask you about mitt romney. what does it mean that he won maine? >> well, i think he had not won maine, it would be a bigger story. he barely edged out ron paul, and i think what that bigotry does for him, it's sort of stops bleeding some after the tough losses he had in minnesota, colorado, and missouri. to get any victory at all, as he did in maine, helped him out in terms of perception. now, a bunch of national polls have come out in the last couple of days, showing that rick...
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the interest interesting thing i was thinking about mitt romney this morning and if mitt romney was working at bank capital and sobody said i have a company for you to buy and the company said here is what we project we will be in four years, we are basically going to try to make no errors and basically just try try to ride this thing out and what we are going to tell you is the market share we have today we will he in four years from now is what our plan is, romney would probably fire that ceo, that has been mitt romney's campaign,. >> rose: so why doesn't speak to his competence? >> i think what it speaks to. >> rose: you just said he passed that test, the threshold competent but not authenticity. >> the most difficult hinge to market is you can tell somebody or you can convince somebody you can be competent by behavr, the part of the problem is once you are viewed as inauthentic and not genuine it is very hard to sell authenticity people think everhing coming out of your mouth is political or isn't genuine. >> rose: so the is the sale to the conservative three out of four people in the r
the interest interesting thing i was thinking about mitt romney this morning and if mitt romney was working at bank capital and sobody said i have a company for you to buy and the company said here is what we project we will be in four years, we are basically going to try to make no errors and basically just try try to ride this thing out and what we are going to tell you is the market share we have today we will he in four years from now is what our plan is, romney would probably fire that...
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this week, they sparred over romney's background in private equity. >> my opponent governor romney, his main calling card for why he thinks he should be president is his business experience. he is not going out there touting his experience in massachusetts, he is saying i am a business guy and know how to fix it and this is his business. and when you are president, as opposed to the head of a private equity firm, then your job is not simply to maximize profits. your job is to figure out how everybody in the country has a fair shot. >> rose: joining me now from washington, al hunt of bloomberg news with me here in new york, mark halperin of time magazine, i am pleased to have them both. i begin in washington with al hunt. so we haven't visited politics for a while. where are we in this race? >> well, we are not too far from where we were last time, whenever that was, charlie, this is a race that is close to a tossup, i would give a slight edge of the dial to barack obama, but what i find fascinating i think as the clash of fundamentals, the economic fundamentals really basically favor ro
this week, they sparred over romney's background in private equity. >> my opponent governor romney, his main calling card for why he thinks he should be president is his business experience. he is not going out there touting his experience in massachusetts, he is saying i am a business guy and know how to fix it and this is his business. and when you are president, as opposed to the head of a private equity firm, then your job is not simply to maximize profits. your job is to figure out...